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World - 2022-05-28

Europe

‘Message to the world’: Lithuanians club together to buy drone for Ukraine

VILNIUS: Hundreds of Lithuanians are clubbing together to buy an advanced military drone for Ukraine in its war...

Published 28 May, 2022 09:27pm

Commodities

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka gets Russian oil to ease shortages

COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka took delivery Saturday of Russian oil -- which could soon be subject to a European...

Published 28 May, 2022 09:06pm

South Asia

UN rights chief says she urged China to review counter-terrorism policies

BEIJING: UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, whose rare visit to China was criticised by rights groups and...

Published 28 May, 2022 08:02pm

Africa

At least 31 die in church stampede in southern Nigeria

YENAGOA: At least 31 people died in Nigeria on Saturday during a stampede at a church in the southern Rivers state,...

Published 28 May, 2022 07:24pm

Europe

Putin says he’s willing to discuss resuming Ukrainian grain shipments

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the leaders of France and Germany in a phone call on Saturday that Russia was...

Published 28 May, 2022 07:08pm

Europe

Ukraine receives Harpoon missiles and howitzers, says defence minister

Ukraine has started receiving Harpoon anti-ship missiles from Denmark and self-propelled howitzers from the United...

Published 28 May, 2022 06:14pm

USA

US doctors reconsider Pfizer’s Paxlovid for lower-risk COVID patients

Use of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid spiked this week, but some doctors are reconsidering the pills for...

Published 28 May, 2022 06:02pm

South Asia

Iran shows off underground drone base, but not its location

The Iranian army has given some details - but not the exact location - of an underground base for its military...

Updated 28 May, 2022 06:27pm

Europe

Russian army confirms capture of Ukraine's Lyman town

MOSCOW: Russia's army confirmed Saturday it had seized the strategic town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine, on the road ...

Updated 28 May, 2022 05:04pm

Europe

Russia says carried out hypersonic missile test

MOSCOW: Russian forces Saturday announced a latest successful test of their Zircon hypersonic cruise missile as...

Published 28 May, 2022 03:45pm

Middle East

Gunmen kill policeman in Iran’s southeast: state media

TEHRAN: Gunmen shot dead a policeman and wounded his wife in Iran’s restive southeastern province of...

Published 28 May, 2022 02:33pm

Asia

China signs deal with Samoa as Australia vows Pacific Islands plan

SYDNEY: China’s foreign minister signed a deal with Samoa on Saturday to strengthen diplomatic relations, while...

Published 28 May, 2022 01:17pm

Asia

'Tomorrow will be better': Shanghai inches towards COVID re-opening

SHANGHAI: The Chinese metropolis of Shanghai inched further towards a gradual reopening from two months of grinding...

Updated 28 May, 2022 02:41pm

Europe

Ukraine says ‘everything’ being done to defend Donbas from Russian onslaught

LYSYCHANSK: Ukraine has pledged to do “everything” to defend Donbas, where an intensifying Russian offensive is...

Published 28 May, 2022 10:09am

Asia

UN Security Council members fail to agree on Myanmar text

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council failed Friday to agree on a statement aimed at pushing Myanmar’s junta to...

Published 28 May, 2022 09:48am

World

Beijing says Blinken speech ‘smears China’

BEIJING: China’s foreign ministry on Friday accused US Secretary of State Antony Blinken of “smearing” the...